SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL

SPORTS PEOPLE: PRO FOOTBALL; N.F.L. Keeps On Giving

Published: December 28, 1992

N.F.L. Charities has awarded a $100,000 research grant to The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the world's largest scientific center dedicated to spinal-cord injury research.

The grant brings to $350,000 the amount N.F.L. Charities has contributed to The Miami Project, which was co-founded in 1985 by former Miami all-pro linebacker NICK BUONICONTI following a spinal-cord injury suffered by his son, MARC.

Two National Football League players, MIKE UTLEY of the Detroit Lions and DENNIS BYRD of the New York Jets, have been paralyzed by spinal-cord injuries in the last two seasons. (AP)